Espen J. Aarseth | |
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| Born | 1965 |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Bergen, University of Copenhagen |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | IT University of Copenhagen, University of Bergen |
| Doctoral students | Sebastian Möring, Jill Walker Rettberg |
Espen J. Aarseth (born 1965) is a Norwegian academic specializing in the fields of video game studies and electronic literature.[1] Aarseth completed his doctorate at the University of Bergen. He co-founded the Department of Humanistic Informatics[2] at the University of Bergen, and worked there until 2003, at which time he was a full professor.
He is currently a full professor and Head of the Center for Computer Games Research at the IT University of Copenhagen,[3][4][5] and principal investigator of a €2 million ERC Advanced grant for the project Making Sense of Games.[6] Aarseth is also the Editor in Chief of Game Studies,[7] the oldest peer-reviewed journal in the field of game studies, and member of the advisory board of G|A|M|E,[8] a journal of comparative videogame analysis.
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- ^ http://gamestudies.org/1103/ed_board Editorial Board for the Game Studies journal
- ^ http://www.gamejournal.it/about/editorial-board/ Editorial Board for the G|A|M|E journal
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